ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,304, issued on May 5, was assigned to Indiana Mills & Manufacturing Inc. (Westfield, Ind.).
"Seat mounting clip system" was invented by Kegan Mckinney Crawford (Noblesville, Ind.), Jonathan Austin DuBois (Cicero, Ind.) and Robert A. Kester Jr. (Carmel, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seat assembly including a frame and a seat mounted to the frame via one or more clips. In one example, the clips include a lock assembly configured to extend through an opening in a seat support. The lock assembly includes a T-lock with one or more tabs configured to lock the clip within the opening without the use of tools and/or other fasteners. In...